{"data":{"id":"9290","type":"artist","attributes":{"id":9290,"topgoose_id":1471,"tms_id":9290,"display_name":"Aleksandra Mir","sort_name":"Mir Aleksandra","display_date":"1967–","begin_date":"1967","end_date":"1967","biography":"\u003cp\u003eThrough drawings and films that\nincorporate a do-it-yourself aesthetic and\nvarious forms of performance, Aleksandra\nMir’s socially engaged practice reflects\nher background in publishing and graphic\ndesign, as well as her study of cultural\nanthropology. The pair of drawings that\nconstitute \u003ca href=\"/collection/works/38437\"\u003e\u003cem\u003eOsama\u003c/em\u003e\u003c/a\u003e were part of an ambitious\ncollaborative project—\u003cem\u003eNewsroom 1986–\n2000\u003c/em\u003e—that transformed Mary Boone Gallery\nin New York into an imitation newsroom,\ngathering space, and artist’s studio. Over a\nperiod of six weeks in 2007, Mir worked\nwith a group of artists to translate\napproximately two hundred covers culled\nfrom a fifteeen-year span of the \u003cem\u003eNew\nYork Post\u003c/em\u003e and \u003cem\u003eNew York Daily News\u003c/em\u003e into\nlarge-scale drawings that covered\nthe gallery walls in rotating installations.\n\u003c/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn selecting which covers to work\nfrom and conceptualizing the installation of\nthe \u003cem\u003eNewsroom\u003c/em\u003e drawings, Mir aimed to\ndissociate the featured headlines from any\nparticular chronologies or events. This is\nespecially evident in the \u003cem\u003eOsama \u003c/em\u003edrawings.\nBy the time these works were shown in\n2007, Osama bin Laden was well-known\nfor masterminding the terrorist attacks\nof September 11, 2001, but the drawings\nare based on cover stories from 1998.\nThe headlines “Worst Is Yet To Come”\nand “The War Has Just Started” quote the\nAl Qaeda leader’s threats to avenge\nUS attacks in Afghanistan and Sudan.\nToday, in light of the 9/11 attacks, the wars\nin Iraq and Afghanistan, and bin Laden’s\nassassination by US military forces, his\nwords seem chillingly prophetic. By giving\npermanence to daily tabloids, Mir\nundercuts the ephemerality of the news\nand highlights the cyclical nature of\nthe narratives it both reports and shapes.\u003c/p\u003e","on_view":false,"artport":false,"biennial":true,"collection":true,"ulan_id":null,"wikidata_id":null,"created_at":"2017-08-30T16:25:21.000-04:00","updated_at":"2026-01-28T18:08:48.620-05:00","links":{"artworks":"/api/artists/9290/artworks","exhibitions":"/api/artists/9290/exhibitions"}}}}